Clarion 1940-02-21 Vol 19 No 09

The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XIX No. 9 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) February 21, 1940
BETHELITES GO TO ROCHESTER
Spire Group Photographs
To Be Taken Tomorrow
Class Delinquincies
Excused In Office
Students desiring an excused ab-sence
may secure blanks in the
Dean's office. These should be
filled out giving the date of ab-sence
and the reason, Dean Emery
Johnson announced recently.
The office will then stamp
the excuse blank either "Ex-cused"
or "Unexcused." The
students should take the blank
to the teacher of the class
missed, while the office files a
duplicate.
Illness with an attending physi-cian
or with an attested note from
the landlady and participation in
extra-curricular activities arranged
by the faculty are the only two pos-sibilities
for excused absences.
Chapel
for the
Dozen Scholars Make
Honors First Period
Twelve students earned a B aver-age
or above for the first semester,
according to office reports.
These honor students are: Ely-ing
Anderson, Dale Bjork, Ambrose
Collins, Arlene Johnson, Archie
Johnson, Alvera Johnson, Evangel-ine
Mahn, Dean Nordell, Lloyd
Shold, Helen Sorenson, Marvin
Toews, and Dorothy Webster.
"To you Dear Leap Year, we say
'Hi,'
And welcome you once more .. .
Your presence urges us to Try
Well . we certainly couldn't get
a man any other way."
—('Mac Weekly.)
The tables have turned with Leap
Year. And now the women are tak-ing
full advantage of it. Not only
have the coeds invited escorts to an
all-school Leap Year dinner, but
some are also taking their "heart-throbs"
to other events.
We have always heard about
Leap Year. But this is the first
that we've ever seen Leap
Year. And it has really hit the
Bethel student body, caused ex.
citement, thrilling moments,
and all that goes with such an
unusual romantic situation.
More than one girl has blushed,
has been short of breath, has shy-ly
watched and awaited her Sir
Gallant as she would ask him for
"Doctoring" News
Lecture Scheduled
"Propaganda rules the world!"
Clarence W. Sorenson, explorer-journalist,
will lecture on "Propa-ganda
In The News" at the next
Chautauquan program on Wednes-day,
March 6, at 8 p.m. under the
sponsorship of the Sophomore class.
It is reported that this will
be a dramatic account—illus-trated
by natural color slides
—of secret powers behind
guileless fronts, of techniques
for true and the false, and of
truth presented in misleading
form.
The Sophomore class cabinet un-der
the leadership of Don John-son,
president, and Prof. C. E. Carl-son,
adviser, have formulated plans
to sell this program to the public.
The class has agreed to take over
the last three programs in order to
raise money for their treasury.
Olaf Nelson is general direc-tor
of the class project, and he
will be assisted by Lloyd Shold.
Others working on this com-mittee
are: Olga Anderson,
skit writer; Viola Waihela,
skit production; and Lemuel
Petersen, publicity and ar-rangement.
It is planned to
contact the Baptist churches of
the Twin cities and the homes
of the community.
Sorenson was living in Germany
at the time Hitler came into power
and helped cover the story of the
first blood purge, the death of
Pres. Hindenburg, and the assassi-nation
of Chancellor Dolfuss.
that all-important date. And in
turn, all but the most sophisticated
men have blushed and caught their
breath.
This is the year of years—
just the time for romanticism.
When younger, we couldn't
take advantage of it. If older,
we wouldn't need too. It's every-body's
chance. And the wom-en
have done a good job of
"breaking the ice."
Thursday night, February 29,
will see over 140 people (70 success-ful
efforts), gathered in the Trio
Eat shop at 609 Marquette avenue,
Minneapolis.' The affair will be in-formal
and will begin at 7:30
o'clock. An informal program is
also being planned. A few hardy
faculty members will be in attend-ance
at the dinner.
The women have their chance,
but we advise them not to take an
unfair advantage of the men. Auf
wiedersehen!
Varsity Hoop
Game Inspires
School Trip
Decisive Battle
Engages Cagers
On to Rochester!
Friday at 2 p.m. a bus hired by
the school will leave with 41 pas-sengers
for Rochester where the
Bethel varsity hoopsters will play
against Rochester J. C. at the Mu-nicipal
auditorium at 8 p.m.
This is
t h e all-school
an-nual
trip.
n c 1 u d-ed
in the
outfit are
15 band
m e m bers,
nine b a s-ket
b all
players,
thr ee
cheer-leaders,
a manager, and Coach Bill
Adam.
If enough had signed up, the
school officials were going to hire
another bus to accommodate stu-dents
and faculty members. The
cost of transportation will be $1.25.
Admission price to the game will be
25 cents. It is urged, that all Beth-elites
eat together.
Rev. Malmsten To Be
Speaker In Canada
H. Wyman Malmsten, Financial
agent and representative, has been
invited to spend a week with the
Alberta Baptist Bible academy at
Wetaskiwin in March.
He will speak at the school's bac-calaureate
and commencement
services. This school is sponsored
by the Swedish Baptists of Can-ada.
Over $15,000 has now been
received in cash and pledges
for the women's dormitory, ac-cording
to Miss Edith Larson.
Up to Junuary 31, receipts
for the Penny-a-meal project
have exceeded those of last
year by $156. The office an.
nounces that $5,662 has been
sent to the school.
Founders- day was observed in
Chapel yesterday with Rev. L. J.
Ahlstrom, Sr., of Minneapolis, as
the speaker. AthIstrom is the old-est
living Bethel graduate.
Group pictures of 15 activities will be taken tomorrow in the
beginning at 2 p. in., Lemuel Petersen announces. These will be
1940 SPIRE.
The groups are schecluled for 15-
minute intervals as follows:
2 p.m. Male chorus.
2:15. A capella.
2:30. Band.
2:45. Music students.
3:00. Sem. Middle class.
3:15. Sem. Junior class.
3:30. Student pastors.
3:45. Sophomore class.
4:00. Freshmen class.
4:15. BWA.
4:30. "B" club.
4:45. Christian Workers.
5:00. Missionary band.
5:15. Religious council.
5:30. Boarding club.
Everyone belonging to these ac-tivities
is asked to cooperate with
the SPIRE staff and be on time
when his group is to be photo-graphed.
The remainder of the
group pictures will be taken on
Thursday afternoon, March 7, as
follows:
2:00. Student council.
2:15. Clarion staff.
2:30. Spire staff.
2:45. Debate.
3:00. Women's basketball.
3:15. Men's basketball.
Those who will graduate this
Spring are also urged to have their
individual portraits taken at Erick-son
studio within the next 10 days.
The proofs must be returned by
March 8 in order to be sent to the
engraver.
Student subscriptions must
also be paid up by Monday,
March 11. These will be col-lected
by 10 student solicitors.
There can be no delay in this
Continued on page 3)
Campus Calendar
TONIGHT
Missionary band, Seminary
chapel, 7:15 p.m.
FRIDAY
All-school trip, Rochester, 8
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, February 28
Alexis, Seminary chapel, 8
p.m.
SATURDAY, March 2
Basketball, Luther, there.
WEDNESDAY, March 6
Chautauquan program, "Prop-aganda
In The News," 8 p.m.
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The Bethel Clarion
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
'ROUND CAMPUS DEVOTIONAL
"He that winneth souls is wise."
—Proverbs 11:30.
What gentlemen of the Seminary
middleclass sent a large red heart
to Chicago last week
Keep the 29th in mind, friends!
Remember? Sadie Hawkin's day.
'Twill indeed be interesting to note
the results, eh what?
Earl Sherman claims that the
only reason a girl leaves Bethel
feeling unhappy is because she
didn't "get her man." Girls, are
you going to put up with that?!
"Ginny" Carlson (at basketball
game) : "Isn't he wonderful?!"
(She forgot to say who! )
Is it mere rumor that Sid Lar-son
has been heard expounding the
beauties of a certain fair one???
Bob Perrin: "A girl at Bethel
out looking for her man gits 'a-rise'
(a-rice) from others."
One Seminary notebook contains
symbols similar to these: ??!!*/%
We wonder what the bearer and
writer means to say?
Father: "Well, Willie, I received
your report card from your teacher
today."
Elving: "Is that so, Pop? Give
me a quarter and I won't breathe a
word about it to Mother."
SOCIAL
By Muriel Petersen
February 11, Sunday
"Ya, the basketball fellows and
their girlfriends came up Sunday
afternoon and ate us out of house
and hbrae. Why, I even had to go
down to the neighbor's to get a
crust of bread for breakfast," quote
Bill Adam.
Besides staying for supper, they
had 10 o'clock lunch which the
men fixed. As a result of the men
being the chief cooks, the toffee
was so thick that one could cut it
with a knife. (Stan P. boiled it!)
Most of the time was spent in dis-cussing
every phase of school life,
from the Leap Year party to the
F's in English. "Say It To The
Judge" proved enlightening to vari-ous
girls present; in fact, "Flom"
is still pondering over "Low in the
fifth grade!" Gene Nyman claims
he loves only his mother. The eve-ning
was closed with devotions.
February 12, Monday
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Oatmeal is mushy,
And I wish you were too."
For this bit of verse Dale Bjork
won first prize at the A cappella
and Male chorus Valentine party.
An interesting lunch was served
after which the singing and devo-tions
were led by Virgil Olson and
Ethel Tederman, respectively.
February 14, Wednesday
The first year men of the Semi-nary
bore the marks of a Valentine
party on their faces after this eve-ning.
The girls responsible for
these traces of affection were Etta,
Lotgren (Paul Lundgren), Ima J.
Anitor (William Hagstrom), Cary
D. Slush (Rawlin Johnson), and
Sophia Michola (Francis McOlash).
The games were led by Ethel Ruff.
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" was
sung at the lunch table after which
Wisdom is usually associated
with schools and studies. However,
that which is gained in scholastic
pursuit is merely knowledge. Wis-dom
is greater: it is an under-standing
of life and all that which
is fundamental in life. The wise
man, 'Solomon, said: "Wisdom is
the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom: and with all thy getting
get understanding."
What is the wisdom in soul-win-ning?
That is a pertinent ques-tion.
It involves a three-fold duty.
And it is always wise to fulfill our
duties.
(1) Soul-winning is our duty to
God. He has redeemed us and tak-en
us out of sin. Where would we
be without His salvation? Then,
too, he continues to bless us daily.
Certainly, we wouldn't want to go
thankless. Christ commands: "As
the Father bath sent me, even so
send I you."
(2) Evangelism is also a duty to
our fellowmen. Men without Christ
are hopeless, lost. Their need for
redemption is met in Christ. It is
also their only hope of immortality
—"He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see
life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him." The greatest obligation
is because Jesus invites the lost.
(3) Soul-winning is also a duty
to , oneself. "Whosoever shall con-fess
me before men, him shall the
Son of man also confess before the
angels of God : but he that denieth
me before men shall be denied be-fore
the angels of God." We can-not
side-step this obligation.
God will give us the power and
grace to perform this mission.
Christ said : "I will give you a
mouth and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able to
gainsay nor resist (Luke 21:15).
POESY
TO A FRIEND
Oh, why should words seem empty
When I try to tell to you
How you cheer me by your pres-ence
And the little things you do?
Why isn't there some other thing
'That I could use to say,
To get to you the feelings
That I feel for you today?
I want to know you better
As the months turn into years;
I want to be a friend to you,
To know your joys and tears.
And what you've meant to me at
times
I'd like to mean to you—
Some one who knows and under-stands,
A friend, who's really true!—H. S.
edikvad eaffun.ti
Student Government
Something we miss in this school is a vital interest in student ,gov-ernment.
We do not want to criticize our student body officers, for
they are the best we can get. However, the Student council has really
no important function to fill. How can they do more than they have?
We dare say that the Student council means very little in the life of
the average Bethel student. This shouldn't be. Our student govern-ment
could be one of our best forms of personal expression. And think
of the good it would do to our ministerial students as they would get
used to administrating a business organization.
Certainly, we are limited. Wouldn't it be a fine project to overcome
some of these things and give us something worth our efforts?
Minister's Children
Because a large number of Bethelites are children of ministers, some
facts found in the 14th edition of "Who's Who In America" will prove in-teresting.
All of us who have been reared in cloistered halls know what it means
to be the object of grade-school teasing and suspicion. Not for little
have we been privileged to enter into life.
According to Pres. Gordon Palmer (of Eastern Bapt. seminary) in his
book, "What's Right With The World," there are 24,278 names listed in
the book of famous men. Ministers were fathers of 28 times the number
of notables as those from any other parentage. In fact, one Protestant
clergyman out of 15 had a child in "Who's Who."
It is stated further that the clergy contributed in proportion to its size
24 times the number of unskilled laborers; 35 times the farmers; four
times the business men; and twice as many as the average other profes-sion.
Outstanding ministers' children in the field of science are: Agassiz,
Linnaeus, and Robert Milliken. Literary men from pastoral homes are:
Tennyson, Coleridge, Lowell, and Thackery. Famous philosophers corn-ing
from the clergical station were Hobbes, EMerson, Bancroft, and
Macaulay. Included in the inventors are the Wright brothers and Cyrus
Field. The clergy have sent four men into the White House, and reared
10 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
That is a bright aspect to being a minister's child or for those who are
going into the ministry and expect to have a family.
Another phase of the situation is made known by Princeton university
population experts recently. They say pat although ministerial stu-dents
have smaller prospects of having a large salary than those of any
other profession, yet they will rear larger families than those of."other
branches of endeavor. To be exact, the average clerical family has 2.3
children.
Henrietta DeCamp gave a toast to
Dan Cupid "for what he's done in
the past, what he's doing in the
present, and what he'll do in the
future — — I hope!" The men are
looking forward to the time when
the" Better Halves" take advantage
of Leap Year again.
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Council Investigates college Christian Work
Coeds Assume
Offices In Club
BWA officers were installed last
Thursday afternoon at a meeting in
the College chapel. A tea proceed-ed
the installation service, during
which time musical varieties were
rendered by several members.
Viola Waihela was reelected
president. Others taking office are:
Annabelle Sherman, vice-president;
Miriam Johanson, secretary; Lou-ise
Joonson, assistant; Olga An-derson,
treasurer; Loraine Chance,
assistant.
Cabinet chairmen are: Virginia
Carlson, Carol Jane Engwall, Ar-lene
Johnson, and Ethel Tederman.
Choristers Elect
Pianist For Trip
Clarence Olson, former student,
has been secured as pianist for the
Male chorus when it makes its
Eastern trip, Virgil Olson, presi-dent,
announced.
C. Olson is now residing at Cam-bridge,
where he is a piano in-structor.
He is also organist and
choir director at the Cambridge
Baptist church.
He has made concert trips with
the chorus in previous years.
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Make ELIM Your Home
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Madison at 13th N. E.
REV. J. G. JOHNSON, Pastor
C. J. & H. W. ANDERSON
JEWELERS
OPTOMETRISTS
1573 University Ave.
Midway 9910
Bethel Baptist Church
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24th St. and 28th Ave. So.
Minneapolis, Minn.
EVERYBODY WELCOME!
Boarders Consume
Large Food Amounts
In one day the 100 members of
the Boarding club eat 20-25 pounds
of meat, drink 15-20 gallons of
milk, and use one bushel of pota-toes,
Steward Jack Bergeson re-vealed.
This group also buys about
200 loaves of bread in one
week and 150 pounds of soap
in one month. The bill for ice
cream alone comes to about $70
a month.
These figures give some in-,
dication of the size of the
Boarding club. The total bud-get
amounts to approximately
$1,000 to $1,200 a month. The
club remunerates the school
with $100 a month for , rent,
heat, light, and incidentals.
The eating group is 'cooperative
and is run by a Board of Directors
elected along with the Steward
each Spring. Duties of the Board
are to hire help (at present, there
are 11 employees) and to determine
the principles of the club.
Bruce Fleming is chairman.
Other Board members are: Alvera
Johnson, Carl Lundquist, Maurice
Lawson, Don Johnson, and Dr. K.
J. Karlson, adviser.
ALEXIS SOCIETY ELECTS
The next meeting of the Alexis
society will be held Wednesday,
Feb. 28, when discussion will cen-ter
about activities for the new
semester. Tentative plans, still to
be confirmed, will be released in
the near future, according to Carl
Young, newly elected president.
Other officers chosen for the
second semester in the recent elec-tion
are: vice-president, Orville
Johnson; secretary, Ethel Ruff;
treasurer, Kermit Johnson; social
chairman, Carl Lundquist; refresh-ment
chairman, Ethel Tederman;
pianist, Virgil Olson; and ushers,
Paul Lundgren, Francis McOlash,
Stanley Paulson, and Warren John-son.
MIDTOWN COFFEE SHOP
GOOD EATS
GOOD SERVICE
HOME COOKING
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Lumber for all purposes. Red
Top Insulation. Millwork
of every description.
S. Berglund Lumber Co.
824 Arcade St.
1171 Snelling Ave. No.
Theological Student
Pursues Varied Life
Paradoxes, adventure, travel, and
scholarship lie buried in the life
history of Vaclav Voita, Seminary
senior.
Although his parents were
Bohemians, he was born in
Russia. He passed through the
Austro-Hungarian captivity and
the Russian revolution, moving
with his family from place to
place to avoid the horrors of
war, conflict, and starvation.
Voita's parents were of the Ro-man
Catholic faith, but being rear-ed
in Russia, he was a member of
the Greek Orthodox church. Living
in Poland, he was converted to
evangelical Christianity at the age
of 18. Because he was the first
Baptist in his village, he was dis-owned
by his family. In Warsaw,
he studied theology until he came
to Canada in 1929.
While in the Northern coup.
try, our Preacher-adventurer
worked in an Immigration of-fice
for 3 1/2 years. He also at-tended
and graduated from a
Winnipeg college of theology,
doing mission work at the
same time.
In 1935, Voita was called to the
pastorate of the Slovak Baptist
church of Minneapolis. Since then,
he has graduated from the North-western
Evangelical seminary
(1936, Th. B.) and Augsburg col-lege
(1939, B. A.) This spring, he
will complete requirements for his
bachelor of divinity degree from
the Seminary. Concerning future
plans, Voita said he plans to take
graduate work, majoring in history
at the University of Minnesota.
This ardent scholar is also
a member of the Twin cities
Board of Directors, of the Board
of Managers of the Minnesota
convention, and of the Czecho-slovak
Board of Trustees.
When questioned about the pres-ent
European situation, Voita re-sponded
by the affirmation that
this war would not solve the prob-lems,
nor can any borderlines be
set up. He believes firmly that
Czechoslovakia will be liberated
again.
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Midway 8063
Student Chapel
To Bring Seniors
Several students are conducting
a survey of the religious activities
carried on by College students, ac-cording
to Herschel Rogers, presi-dent
of the Religious council.
Included in the survey are such
activities as gospel team work, stu-dent
pastorates, Sunday-school
teaching, and B. Y. P. U. work.
More efficient work for the Lord is
hoped to be a result of this survey.
"It is planned that through
this survey each student will
be placed in at least one of the
religious activities which come
under the influence of the
council. In this way the activi-ties
will be distributed among
a greater number of students,"
Rogers said.
Another phase of work embarked
upon by the Religious council is an
attempt to familiarize college stu-dents
with Seminary seniors. Each
Friday the College chapel speaker
will be a senior, it is promised.
Bruce Fleming was the first one to
take part in this way.
Spire Subscription
Deadline Nears
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matter, according to the Busi-ness
staff.
To date, some 30 students have
cooperated with the SPIRE staff by
sending out 239 letters to their
friends for subscriptions on the
friendship page. About 800 letters
were given to the students, which
leaves a considerable amount yet
to be sent.
The SPIRE staff still offers
to the student returning the
largest amount of money a
prize of $5, providing that his'
returns are over $20. All stu-dents
who raise $10 or more
will receive their subscription
amount back—a prize of $1.
This is also urgent, says Glenn
Anderson, Business manager,
so that copies for all subscrib.
ers might be ordered from the
printer.
Carol Jane Engwall, Editor, also
asks the students to be taking snap-shots
to be used in the feature sec-tion
of the 1940 production.
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Indians Hold Fourth Place
As They Face Top-Notchers
Hoopsters
Win One
By Bernie Hammerbeck
Bethel hoopers hit the victory
trail again last Friday evening as
they trounced the Albert Lea five,
50-31. It was the final home game
for four Bethel hoopsters — Gus
Ferre, Don Johnson, Del Ray Pe-terson,
and Bob Hovinen. The vic-tory
proved to be a very fitting
finale.
The game started slowly, but in
the latter part of the first quarter
the Indians found the hoop and ran
up a convincing 30-9 lead by half-time.
The second half found the
Bethelites fighting their third-quarter
jinx again, and the Al-bert
Lea quintet actually out.
scored the Bethel five in that
hectic' quarter with 18 points
to Bethel's 11. The Indians
found their stride in the final
quarter, however, and the Beth-el
quintet left the floor at the
final gun with a 50-31 victory
tucked safely under their belts.
Don Johnson and Bob Hovinen
led the Bethel offense with 20 and
12 points, respectively.
Bethany made it two in a
row over the Bethel quintet as
they dumped the Bethelites,
36-28, in a contest Feb. 9 on
the Bethel floor. Up until that
time Bethel was still in the
championship running, but the
defeat definitely dropped them
from the picture.
The first half was fiercely fought,
and the situation was far from set-tled
when the teams left the court
at half-time, the score being 19-19.
However, the third quarter
once again spelled defeat for
the Bethel warriors, and the
Bethany five proceeded to
build up a substantial lead.
The Bethelites lost their cap-tain
and high scorer for the
evening in this fatal third quar-ter
as Johnson had to leave the
game because of a head injury.
With the lead they had built in
the third quarter the Bethany cag-ers
were able to coast through the
remainder of the game without
serious trouble. "Slug" Guldberg
led the visitors with 11 points.
Captain Johnson bucketed 10 coun-ters
for the losers.
First Year Hoopsters
Outstrip Yearlings
The freshman cagers triumphed
over the sophomore quintet last
Thursday afternoon by a score of
42-36. This victory put the frosh
two up over the sophs in their in-terclass
rivalry. The championship
goes to the first team winning
three games.
High point honors for the frosh
went to Wilbur "Rookie" Ogren
with 19 counters and Dean Berry
with 10. Dallas West led the losers
with 10 points.
HAMLINE HARDWARE CO.
GENERAL HARDWARE
F. 0. Hagen J. W. Hagen
755 No. Snelling Ave., St. Paul
Win Loss Pero.
Rochester 7 1 .875
Bethany 7 2 .777
Tracy 6 3 .666
Bethel 5 3 .625
Albert Lea 3 6 .222
Concordia 1 7 .125
Luther 0 7 .000
Rochester and Bethany — those
are the two teams to watch as the
Southern Minnesota Junior College
conference basketball race nar-rows
into its final weeks. At the
present Tracy has a slimhold on
the third spot, but a late season
rally on the part of the Bethel In-dians
could displace the Tracians
from their spot.
The only serious obstacle re.
maining in the path of the
Rochester Medicos is a contest
with the Bethel quintet. The
Medicos need this victory to
stay in the championship duel,
and the Bethelites need the
victory if they want to gain
the third place spot. Roches-ter's
only defeat to date is an
early season defeat at the
hands of Bethany. However, in
their second encounter the
Medicos reversed the proceed-ings
and dumped the Bethany
five.
The Bethany five has worked
hard for its spot. It has two hard-earned
victories over the Bethel-ites
and one over Rochester; the
rest of their victories were more of
the setup type. Their defeats were
at the hands of Rochester and
Tracy last week.
Tracy holds third place by
a slim half game. The Traci-ans
had been doped for one of
the lower spots in early sea-son
predictions but an upset
victory over Bethel and Beth-any
helped their percentage
considerably.
The Bethel Indians hold the
fourth spot just a half-game out of
the third place. The Bethelites
were labeled as one of the teams
to watch in this season's cham-pionship
race, put injuries and
tough breaks have played against
the Indians all season, and conse-quently
the Braves can hope for no
better than third place in the final
standings. They tackle Rochester
in a stiff contest Friday, and Lu-ther
on March 2 before their sea-son
is complete.
Central Baptist Church
Roy and Shield St.
REV. ERIC ANDERSON
St. Paul Minnesota
Govt. Workers Form
Fellowship Club
Men working on N.Y.A. have or-ganized
a new club.
The members are striving to pro-mote
a spirit to do their best at all
times (Ed. note: Have you seen
them when they're working?) and
will develop an athletic team for
competition with any organization
that may wish to challenge them.
The officers are: Dalphy Pager-strom,
president; Gunnar Hoglund,
vice-president; Lloyd Shold, secre-tary-
treasurer; Rodney "Bouncer"
Kephart, aargeant-at-arms; and
Hilton Hanson, adviser.
MISSIONARY BAND
Henrietta DeCamp, Carl Lind-man,
and Prof. Adolf Olson will
speak tonight at a meeting of the
Missionary band in the Seminary
chapel at 7:15 o'clock. The subject
for discussion is "Hope For The
Future."
NEstor 6311
Peerless Cleaning and
Dyeing
Bethel Representative
ALRICK BLOMQUIST
Room 207
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Prospect Park Baptist
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Minneapolis
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The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XIX No. 9 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) February 21, 1940
BETHELITES GO TO ROCHESTER
Spire Group Photographs
To Be Taken Tomorrow
Class Delinquincies
Excused In Office
Students desiring an excused ab-sence
may secure blanks in the
Dean's office. These should be
filled out giving the date of ab-sence
and the reason, Dean Emery
Johnson announced recently.
The office will then stamp
the excuse blank either "Ex-cused"
or "Unexcused." The
students should take the blank
to the teacher of the class
missed, while the office files a
duplicate.
Illness with an attending physi-cian
or with an attested note from
the landlady and participation in
extra-curricular activities arranged
by the faculty are the only two pos-sibilities
for excused absences.
Chapel
for the
Dozen Scholars Make
Honors First Period
Twelve students earned a B aver-age
or above for the first semester,
according to office reports.
These honor students are: Ely-ing
Anderson, Dale Bjork, Ambrose
Collins, Arlene Johnson, Archie
Johnson, Alvera Johnson, Evangel-ine
Mahn, Dean Nordell, Lloyd
Shold, Helen Sorenson, Marvin
Toews, and Dorothy Webster.
"To you Dear Leap Year, we say
'Hi,'
And welcome you once more .. .
Your presence urges us to Try
Well . we certainly couldn't get
a man any other way."
—('Mac Weekly.)
The tables have turned with Leap
Year. And now the women are tak-ing
full advantage of it. Not only
have the coeds invited escorts to an
all-school Leap Year dinner, but
some are also taking their "heart-throbs"
to other events.
We have always heard about
Leap Year. But this is the first
that we've ever seen Leap
Year. And it has really hit the
Bethel student body, caused ex.
citement, thrilling moments,
and all that goes with such an
unusual romantic situation.
More than one girl has blushed,
has been short of breath, has shy-ly
watched and awaited her Sir
Gallant as she would ask him for
"Doctoring" News
Lecture Scheduled
"Propaganda rules the world!"
Clarence W. Sorenson, explorer-journalist,
will lecture on "Propa-ganda
In The News" at the next
Chautauquan program on Wednes-day,
March 6, at 8 p.m. under the
sponsorship of the Sophomore class.
It is reported that this will
be a dramatic account—illus-trated
by natural color slides
—of secret powers behind
guileless fronts, of techniques
for true and the false, and of
truth presented in misleading
form.
The Sophomore class cabinet un-der
the leadership of Don John-son,
president, and Prof. C. E. Carl-son,
adviser, have formulated plans
to sell this program to the public.
The class has agreed to take over
the last three programs in order to
raise money for their treasury.
Olaf Nelson is general direc-tor
of the class project, and he
will be assisted by Lloyd Shold.
Others working on this com-mittee
are: Olga Anderson,
skit writer; Viola Waihela,
skit production; and Lemuel
Petersen, publicity and ar-rangement.
It is planned to
contact the Baptist churches of
the Twin cities and the homes
of the community.
Sorenson was living in Germany
at the time Hitler came into power
and helped cover the story of the
first blood purge, the death of
Pres. Hindenburg, and the assassi-nation
of Chancellor Dolfuss.
that all-important date. And in
turn, all but the most sophisticated
men have blushed and caught their
breath.
This is the year of years—
just the time for romanticism.
When younger, we couldn't
take advantage of it. If older,
we wouldn't need too. It's every-body's
chance. And the wom-en
have done a good job of
"breaking the ice."
Thursday night, February 29,
will see over 140 people (70 success-ful
efforts), gathered in the Trio
Eat shop at 609 Marquette avenue,
Minneapolis.' The affair will be in-formal
and will begin at 7:30
o'clock. An informal program is
also being planned. A few hardy
faculty members will be in attend-ance
at the dinner.
The women have their chance,
but we advise them not to take an
unfair advantage of the men. Auf
wiedersehen!
Varsity Hoop
Game Inspires
School Trip
Decisive Battle
Engages Cagers
On to Rochester!
Friday at 2 p.m. a bus hired by
the school will leave with 41 pas-sengers
for Rochester where the
Bethel varsity hoopsters will play
against Rochester J. C. at the Mu-nicipal
auditorium at 8 p.m.
This is
t h e all-school
an-nual
trip.
n c 1 u d-ed
in the
outfit are
15 band
m e m bers,
nine b a s-ket
b all
players,
thr ee
cheer-leaders,
a manager, and Coach Bill
Adam.
If enough had signed up, the
school officials were going to hire
another bus to accommodate stu-dents
and faculty members. The
cost of transportation will be $1.25.
Admission price to the game will be
25 cents. It is urged, that all Beth-elites
eat together.
Rev. Malmsten To Be
Speaker In Canada
H. Wyman Malmsten, Financial
agent and representative, has been
invited to spend a week with the
Alberta Baptist Bible academy at
Wetaskiwin in March.
He will speak at the school's bac-calaureate
and commencement
services. This school is sponsored
by the Swedish Baptists of Can-ada.
Over $15,000 has now been
received in cash and pledges
for the women's dormitory, ac-cording
to Miss Edith Larson.
Up to Junuary 31, receipts
for the Penny-a-meal project
have exceeded those of last
year by $156. The office an.
nounces that $5,662 has been
sent to the school.
Founders- day was observed in
Chapel yesterday with Rev. L. J.
Ahlstrom, Sr., of Minneapolis, as
the speaker. AthIstrom is the old-est
living Bethel graduate.
Group pictures of 15 activities will be taken tomorrow in the
beginning at 2 p. in., Lemuel Petersen announces. These will be
1940 SPIRE.
The groups are schecluled for 15-
minute intervals as follows:
2 p.m. Male chorus.
2:15. A capella.
2:30. Band.
2:45. Music students.
3:00. Sem. Middle class.
3:15. Sem. Junior class.
3:30. Student pastors.
3:45. Sophomore class.
4:00. Freshmen class.
4:15. BWA.
4:30. "B" club.
4:45. Christian Workers.
5:00. Missionary band.
5:15. Religious council.
5:30. Boarding club.
Everyone belonging to these ac-tivities
is asked to cooperate with
the SPIRE staff and be on time
when his group is to be photo-graphed.
The remainder of the
group pictures will be taken on
Thursday afternoon, March 7, as
follows:
2:00. Student council.
2:15. Clarion staff.
2:30. Spire staff.
2:45. Debate.
3:00. Women's basketball.
3:15. Men's basketball.
Those who will graduate this
Spring are also urged to have their
individual portraits taken at Erick-son
studio within the next 10 days.
The proofs must be returned by
March 8 in order to be sent to the
engraver.
Student subscriptions must
also be paid up by Monday,
March 11. These will be col-lected
by 10 student solicitors.
There can be no delay in this
Continued on page 3)
Campus Calendar
TONIGHT
Missionary band, Seminary
chapel, 7:15 p.m.
FRIDAY
All-school trip, Rochester, 8
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, February 28
Alexis, Seminary chapel, 8
p.m.
SATURDAY, March 2
Basketball, Luther, there.
WEDNESDAY, March 6
Chautauquan program, "Prop-aganda
In The News," 8 p.m.
Lea p BDyin 7n0e rW Sopmonesno rTehdis ea r
The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Official school paper of Bethel Institute.
Published by students bi-weekly except July, August,
and September.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
EDITORIAL STAFF
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS EDITOR Lemuel Petersen
CAMPUS EDITOR Dale Bjork
SPORTS Bernard Hammerbeck, Elna Finstrom, and Vernon Pearson
FEATURES Carol Jane Engwall, Gladys Hanson, Mary Ann Liljenstrom,
Muriel Petersen, Leone Smith, Helen Sorenson, and Viola Waihela.
NEWS REPORTERS.... Glenn Anderson, Betty Danielson, Dalphy Fagerstrorn,
Gunnar Hoglund, Archie Johnson, Miriam Johanson, Lloyd Shold,
Sara Mae Swenson, Marvin Toews, Robert Wallin, and Dorothy
Webster.
TYPIST Grace Widen EDITORIAL ADVISOR Miss Enid Platts
BUSINESS STAFF
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BUSINESS MANAGER Stanley Rendahl
CIRCULATION MANAGER Doris Jane Eggleston
CIRCULATION ASSISTANT Archie Johnson
BUSINESS ADVISOR Dean Emery Johnson
Anderson Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935, at the postoffice at St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
'ROUND CAMPUS DEVOTIONAL
"He that winneth souls is wise."
—Proverbs 11:30.
What gentlemen of the Seminary
middleclass sent a large red heart
to Chicago last week
Keep the 29th in mind, friends!
Remember? Sadie Hawkin's day.
'Twill indeed be interesting to note
the results, eh what?
Earl Sherman claims that the
only reason a girl leaves Bethel
feeling unhappy is because she
didn't "get her man." Girls, are
you going to put up with that?!
"Ginny" Carlson (at basketball
game) : "Isn't he wonderful?!"
(She forgot to say who! )
Is it mere rumor that Sid Lar-son
has been heard expounding the
beauties of a certain fair one???
Bob Perrin: "A girl at Bethel
out looking for her man gits 'a-rise'
(a-rice) from others."
One Seminary notebook contains
symbols similar to these: ??!!*/%
We wonder what the bearer and
writer means to say?
Father: "Well, Willie, I received
your report card from your teacher
today."
Elving: "Is that so, Pop? Give
me a quarter and I won't breathe a
word about it to Mother."
SOCIAL
By Muriel Petersen
February 11, Sunday
"Ya, the basketball fellows and
their girlfriends came up Sunday
afternoon and ate us out of house
and hbrae. Why, I even had to go
down to the neighbor's to get a
crust of bread for breakfast," quote
Bill Adam.
Besides staying for supper, they
had 10 o'clock lunch which the
men fixed. As a result of the men
being the chief cooks, the toffee
was so thick that one could cut it
with a knife. (Stan P. boiled it!)
Most of the time was spent in dis-cussing
every phase of school life,
from the Leap Year party to the
F's in English. "Say It To The
Judge" proved enlightening to vari-ous
girls present; in fact, "Flom"
is still pondering over "Low in the
fifth grade!" Gene Nyman claims
he loves only his mother. The eve-ning
was closed with devotions.
February 12, Monday
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Oatmeal is mushy,
And I wish you were too."
For this bit of verse Dale Bjork
won first prize at the A cappella
and Male chorus Valentine party.
An interesting lunch was served
after which the singing and devo-tions
were led by Virgil Olson and
Ethel Tederman, respectively.
February 14, Wednesday
The first year men of the Semi-nary
bore the marks of a Valentine
party on their faces after this eve-ning.
The girls responsible for
these traces of affection were Etta,
Lotgren (Paul Lundgren), Ima J.
Anitor (William Hagstrom), Cary
D. Slush (Rawlin Johnson), and
Sophia Michola (Francis McOlash).
The games were led by Ethel Ruff.
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" was
sung at the lunch table after which
Wisdom is usually associated
with schools and studies. However,
that which is gained in scholastic
pursuit is merely knowledge. Wis-dom
is greater: it is an under-standing
of life and all that which
is fundamental in life. The wise
man, 'Solomon, said: "Wisdom is
the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom: and with all thy getting
get understanding."
What is the wisdom in soul-win-ning?
That is a pertinent ques-tion.
It involves a three-fold duty.
And it is always wise to fulfill our
duties.
(1) Soul-winning is our duty to
God. He has redeemed us and tak-en
us out of sin. Where would we
be without His salvation? Then,
too, he continues to bless us daily.
Certainly, we wouldn't want to go
thankless. Christ commands: "As
the Father bath sent me, even so
send I you."
(2) Evangelism is also a duty to
our fellowmen. Men without Christ
are hopeless, lost. Their need for
redemption is met in Christ. It is
also their only hope of immortality
—"He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see
life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him." The greatest obligation
is because Jesus invites the lost.
(3) Soul-winning is also a duty
to , oneself. "Whosoever shall con-fess
me before men, him shall the
Son of man also confess before the
angels of God : but he that denieth
me before men shall be denied be-fore
the angels of God." We can-not
side-step this obligation.
God will give us the power and
grace to perform this mission.
Christ said : "I will give you a
mouth and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able to
gainsay nor resist (Luke 21:15).
POESY
TO A FRIEND
Oh, why should words seem empty
When I try to tell to you
How you cheer me by your pres-ence
And the little things you do?
Why isn't there some other thing
'That I could use to say,
To get to you the feelings
That I feel for you today?
I want to know you better
As the months turn into years;
I want to be a friend to you,
To know your joys and tears.
And what you've meant to me at
times
I'd like to mean to you—
Some one who knows and under-stands,
A friend, who's really true!—H. S.
edikvad eaffun.ti
Student Government
Something we miss in this school is a vital interest in student ,gov-ernment.
We do not want to criticize our student body officers, for
they are the best we can get. However, the Student council has really
no important function to fill. How can they do more than they have?
We dare say that the Student council means very little in the life of
the average Bethel student. This shouldn't be. Our student govern-ment
could be one of our best forms of personal expression. And think
of the good it would do to our ministerial students as they would get
used to administrating a business organization.
Certainly, we are limited. Wouldn't it be a fine project to overcome
some of these things and give us something worth our efforts?
Minister's Children
Because a large number of Bethelites are children of ministers, some
facts found in the 14th edition of "Who's Who In America" will prove in-teresting.
All of us who have been reared in cloistered halls know what it means
to be the object of grade-school teasing and suspicion. Not for little
have we been privileged to enter into life.
According to Pres. Gordon Palmer (of Eastern Bapt. seminary) in his
book, "What's Right With The World," there are 24,278 names listed in
the book of famous men. Ministers were fathers of 28 times the number
of notables as those from any other parentage. In fact, one Protestant
clergyman out of 15 had a child in "Who's Who."
It is stated further that the clergy contributed in proportion to its size
24 times the number of unskilled laborers; 35 times the farmers; four
times the business men; and twice as many as the average other profes-sion.
Outstanding ministers' children in the field of science are: Agassiz,
Linnaeus, and Robert Milliken. Literary men from pastoral homes are:
Tennyson, Coleridge, Lowell, and Thackery. Famous philosophers corn-ing
from the clergical station were Hobbes, EMerson, Bancroft, and
Macaulay. Included in the inventors are the Wright brothers and Cyrus
Field. The clergy have sent four men into the White House, and reared
10 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
That is a bright aspect to being a minister's child or for those who are
going into the ministry and expect to have a family.
Another phase of the situation is made known by Princeton university
population experts recently. They say pat although ministerial stu-dents
have smaller prospects of having a large salary than those of any
other profession, yet they will rear larger families than those of."other
branches of endeavor. To be exact, the average clerical family has 2.3
children.
Henrietta DeCamp gave a toast to
Dan Cupid "for what he's done in
the past, what he's doing in the
present, and what he'll do in the
future — — I hope!" The men are
looking forward to the time when
the" Better Halves" take advantage
of Leap Year again.
COMPLIMENTS
OF
NESEI—SAK
FAIRGROUND, SERVICE
Tire and Battery Service
Motor Tune-up
Carburetor Service
1588 W. Como Ave. NE 9193
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Council Investigates college Christian Work
Coeds Assume
Offices In Club
BWA officers were installed last
Thursday afternoon at a meeting in
the College chapel. A tea proceed-ed
the installation service, during
which time musical varieties were
rendered by several members.
Viola Waihela was reelected
president. Others taking office are:
Annabelle Sherman, vice-president;
Miriam Johanson, secretary; Lou-ise
Joonson, assistant; Olga An-derson,
treasurer; Loraine Chance,
assistant.
Cabinet chairmen are: Virginia
Carlson, Carol Jane Engwall, Ar-lene
Johnson, and Ethel Tederman.
Choristers Elect
Pianist For Trip
Clarence Olson, former student,
has been secured as pianist for the
Male chorus when it makes its
Eastern trip, Virgil Olson, presi-dent,
announced.
C. Olson is now residing at Cam-bridge,
where he is a piano in-structor.
He is also organist and
choir director at the Cambridge
Baptist church.
He has made concert trips with
the chorus in previous years.
Snelling-Como Garage
GLOBE OIL STATION
1282 North Snelling Ave.
Open All Night. Midway 2757
C. G. JOHNSON
Men's Shop—Snappy Toggery
Discount to Students
504 No. Snelling Ave.
near University. Midway 6491
Rudeen Food Market
FAIRWAY FINE FOODS
Free Delivery—NE 7469
Snelling at Thomas
When In MINNEAPOLIS
Make ELIM Your Home
ELIM BAPTIST CHURCH
Madison at 13th N. E.
REV. J. G. JOHNSON, Pastor
C. J. & H. W. ANDERSON
JEWELERS
OPTOMETRISTS
1573 University Ave.
Midway 9910
Bethel Baptist Church
REV. K. E. BYLEEN
24th St. and 28th Ave. So.
Minneapolis, Minn.
EVERYBODY WELCOME!
Boarders Consume
Large Food Amounts
In one day the 100 members of
the Boarding club eat 20-25 pounds
of meat, drink 15-20 gallons of
milk, and use one bushel of pota-toes,
Steward Jack Bergeson re-vealed.
This group also buys about
200 loaves of bread in one
week and 150 pounds of soap
in one month. The bill for ice
cream alone comes to about $70
a month.
These figures give some in-,
dication of the size of the
Boarding club. The total bud-get
amounts to approximately
$1,000 to $1,200 a month. The
club remunerates the school
with $100 a month for , rent,
heat, light, and incidentals.
The eating group is 'cooperative
and is run by a Board of Directors
elected along with the Steward
each Spring. Duties of the Board
are to hire help (at present, there
are 11 employees) and to determine
the principles of the club.
Bruce Fleming is chairman.
Other Board members are: Alvera
Johnson, Carl Lundquist, Maurice
Lawson, Don Johnson, and Dr. K.
J. Karlson, adviser.
ALEXIS SOCIETY ELECTS
The next meeting of the Alexis
society will be held Wednesday,
Feb. 28, when discussion will cen-ter
about activities for the new
semester. Tentative plans, still to
be confirmed, will be released in
the near future, according to Carl
Young, newly elected president.
Other officers chosen for the
second semester in the recent elec-tion
are: vice-president, Orville
Johnson; secretary, Ethel Ruff;
treasurer, Kermit Johnson; social
chairman, Carl Lundquist; refresh-ment
chairman, Ethel Tederman;
pianist, Virgil Olson; and ushers,
Paul Lundgren, Francis McOlash,
Stanley Paulson, and Warren John-son.
MIDTOWN COFFEE SHOP
GOOD EATS
GOOD SERVICE
HOME COOKING
Herschel Roger, Prop.
Lumber for all purposes. Red
Top Insulation. Millwork
of every description.
S. Berglund Lumber Co.
824 Arcade St.
1171 Snelling Ave. No.
Theological Student
Pursues Varied Life
Paradoxes, adventure, travel, and
scholarship lie buried in the life
history of Vaclav Voita, Seminary
senior.
Although his parents were
Bohemians, he was born in
Russia. He passed through the
Austro-Hungarian captivity and
the Russian revolution, moving
with his family from place to
place to avoid the horrors of
war, conflict, and starvation.
Voita's parents were of the Ro-man
Catholic faith, but being rear-ed
in Russia, he was a member of
the Greek Orthodox church. Living
in Poland, he was converted to
evangelical Christianity at the age
of 18. Because he was the first
Baptist in his village, he was dis-owned
by his family. In Warsaw,
he studied theology until he came
to Canada in 1929.
While in the Northern coup.
try, our Preacher-adventurer
worked in an Immigration of-fice
for 3 1/2 years. He also at-tended
and graduated from a
Winnipeg college of theology,
doing mission work at the
same time.
In 1935, Voita was called to the
pastorate of the Slovak Baptist
church of Minneapolis. Since then,
he has graduated from the North-western
Evangelical seminary
(1936, Th. B.) and Augsburg col-lege
(1939, B. A.) This spring, he
will complete requirements for his
bachelor of divinity degree from
the Seminary. Concerning future
plans, Voita said he plans to take
graduate work, majoring in history
at the University of Minnesota.
This ardent scholar is also
a member of the Twin cities
Board of Directors, of the Board
of Managers of the Minnesota
convention, and of the Czecho-slovak
Board of Trustees.
When questioned about the pres-ent
European situation, Voita re-sponded
by the affirmation that
this war would not solve the prob-lems,
nor can any borderlines be
set up. He believes firmly that
Czechoslovakia will be liberated
again.
HOWARD'S
TEXACO SERVICE
Snelling Ave. and Breda St.
40 for 1 Marfak Lubrication
DOELTZ DRUG STORE
Midway Pkwy & Pascal Ave.
Drug Needs Photo •Finishing
Refreshments
ONWARD
TO THE HONOR ROLL
EATING
MRS. STRANDY'S ROLLS
1939 St. Anthony Avenue
Midway 8063
Student Chapel
To Bring Seniors
Several students are conducting
a survey of the religious activities
carried on by College students, ac-cording
to Herschel Rogers, presi-dent
of the Religious council.
Included in the survey are such
activities as gospel team work, stu-dent
pastorates, Sunday-school
teaching, and B. Y. P. U. work.
More efficient work for the Lord is
hoped to be a result of this survey.
"It is planned that through
this survey each student will
be placed in at least one of the
religious activities which come
under the influence of the
council. In this way the activi-ties
will be distributed among
a greater number of students,"
Rogers said.
Another phase of work embarked
upon by the Religious council is an
attempt to familiarize college stu-dents
with Seminary seniors. Each
Friday the College chapel speaker
will be a senior, it is promised.
Bruce Fleming was the first one to
take part in this way.
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matter, according to the Busi-ness
staff.
To date, some 30 students have
cooperated with the SPIRE staff by
sending out 239 letters to their
friends for subscriptions on the
friendship page. About 800 letters
were given to the students, which
leaves a considerable amount yet
to be sent.
The SPIRE staff still offers
to the student returning the
largest amount of money a
prize of $5, providing that his'
returns are over $20. All stu-dents
who raise $10 or more
will receive their subscription
amount back—a prize of $1.
This is also urgent, says Glenn
Anderson, Business manager,
so that copies for all subscrib.
ers might be ordered from the
printer.
Carol Jane Engwall, Editor, also
asks the students to be taking snap-shots
to be used in the feature sec-tion
of the 1940 production.
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Indians Hold Fourth Place
As They Face Top-Notchers
Hoopsters
Win One
By Bernie Hammerbeck
Bethel hoopers hit the victory
trail again last Friday evening as
they trounced the Albert Lea five,
50-31. It was the final home game
for four Bethel hoopsters — Gus
Ferre, Don Johnson, Del Ray Pe-terson,
and Bob Hovinen. The vic-tory
proved to be a very fitting
finale.
The game started slowly, but in
the latter part of the first quarter
the Indians found the hoop and ran
up a convincing 30-9 lead by half-time.
The second half found the
Bethelites fighting their third-quarter
jinx again, and the Al-bert
Lea quintet actually out.
scored the Bethel five in that
hectic' quarter with 18 points
to Bethel's 11. The Indians
found their stride in the final
quarter, however, and the Beth-el
quintet left the floor at the
final gun with a 50-31 victory
tucked safely under their belts.
Don Johnson and Bob Hovinen
led the Bethel offense with 20 and
12 points, respectively.
Bethany made it two in a
row over the Bethel quintet as
they dumped the Bethelites,
36-28, in a contest Feb. 9 on
the Bethel floor. Up until that
time Bethel was still in the
championship running, but the
defeat definitely dropped them
from the picture.
The first half was fiercely fought,
and the situation was far from set-tled
when the teams left the court
at half-time, the score being 19-19.
However, the third quarter
once again spelled defeat for
the Bethel warriors, and the
Bethany five proceeded to
build up a substantial lead.
The Bethelites lost their cap-tain
and high scorer for the
evening in this fatal third quar-ter
as Johnson had to leave the
game because of a head injury.
With the lead they had built in
the third quarter the Bethany cag-ers
were able to coast through the
remainder of the game without
serious trouble. "Slug" Guldberg
led the visitors with 11 points.
Captain Johnson bucketed 10 coun-ters
for the losers.
First Year Hoopsters
Outstrip Yearlings
The freshman cagers triumphed
over the sophomore quintet last
Thursday afternoon by a score of
42-36. This victory put the frosh
two up over the sophs in their in-terclass
rivalry. The championship
goes to the first team winning
three games.
High point honors for the frosh
went to Wilbur "Rookie" Ogren
with 19 counters and Dean Berry
with 10. Dallas West led the losers
with 10 points.
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Win Loss Pero.
Rochester 7 1 .875
Bethany 7 2 .777
Tracy 6 3 .666
Bethel 5 3 .625
Albert Lea 3 6 .222
Concordia 1 7 .125
Luther 0 7 .000
Rochester and Bethany — those
are the two teams to watch as the
Southern Minnesota Junior College
conference basketball race nar-rows
into its final weeks. At the
present Tracy has a slimhold on
the third spot, but a late season
rally on the part of the Bethel In-dians
could displace the Tracians
from their spot.
The only serious obstacle re.
maining in the path of the
Rochester Medicos is a contest
with the Bethel quintet. The
Medicos need this victory to
stay in the championship duel,
and the Bethelites need the
victory if they want to gain
the third place spot. Roches-ter's
only defeat to date is an
early season defeat at the
hands of Bethany. However, in
their second encounter the
Medicos reversed the proceed-ings
and dumped the Bethany
five.
The Bethany five has worked
hard for its spot. It has two hard-earned
victories over the Bethel-ites
and one over Rochester; the
rest of their victories were more of
the setup type. Their defeats were
at the hands of Rochester and
Tracy last week.
Tracy holds third place by
a slim half game. The Traci-ans
had been doped for one of
the lower spots in early sea-son
predictions but an upset
victory over Bethel and Beth-any
helped their percentage
considerably.
The Bethel Indians hold the
fourth spot just a half-game out of
the third place. The Bethelites
were labeled as one of the teams
to watch in this season's cham-pionship
race, put injuries and
tough breaks have played against
the Indians all season, and conse-quently
the Braves can hope for no
better than third place in the final
standings. They tackle Rochester
in a stiff contest Friday, and Lu-ther
on March 2 before their sea-son
is complete.
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REV. ERIC ANDERSON
St. Paul Minnesota
Govt. Workers Form
Fellowship Club
Men working on N.Y.A. have or-ganized
a new club.
The members are striving to pro-mote
a spirit to do their best at all
times (Ed. note: Have you seen
them when they're working?) and
will develop an athletic team for
competition with any organization
that may wish to challenge them.
The officers are: Dalphy Pager-strom,
president; Gunnar Hoglund,
vice-president; Lloyd Shold, secre-tary-
treasurer; Rodney "Bouncer"
Kephart, aargeant-at-arms; and
Hilton Hanson, adviser.
MISSIONARY BAND
Henrietta DeCamp, Carl Lind-man,
and Prof. Adolf Olson will
speak tonight at a meeting of the
Missionary band in the Seminary
chapel at 7:15 o'clock. The subject
for discussion is "Hope For The
Future."
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